@twomorrows.bsky.social I like that they chose Jack Kirby covers for all three of Roy's favorite series he wrote for.
If you enjoyed Rascally Roy Thomas’s bombastic bio, A Life in Four Colors, as much as I did, then don’t miss this month’s illuminating issue of Alter Ego, which features more of Roy’s rapturous and rhapsodic reminiscences about his years writing comics. ‘Nuff said!
Charles R. Rutledge
1/2 Someone was asking what it is about the Italian Gothics I find so compelling. To me they are much closer to the spirit of the original Gothic novels of the 1700s-early 1800s.
Cheerful Charles shilling like Smiling Stan.
This week's comics and a magazine.
2/2 They tend to deal with the same things, madness, desire, obsession, and the inescapable shadow of the past. Plus, the imagery is so gorgeous. They drip with atmosphere.
